{"id":20505,"date":"2023-01-23T10:14:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T10:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/thanolo-crowned-miss-africa-golden"},"modified":"2023-01-23T11:28:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T11:28:34","slug":"thanolo-crowned-miss-africa-golden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/thanolo-crowned-miss-africa-golden","title":{"rendered":"THANOLO CROWNED MISS AFRICA GOLDEN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Dr Thanolo Keautlwile is Miss Africa Golden 2022\/23. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old was recently crowned at a colourful ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Thanolo, a model and health fitness fanatic, defeated 15 other contestants in the race to emerge the fifth queen at the dazzling grand finale.<\/p>\n<p>The Thamaga-born who is also a medical doctor at Princess Marina Hospital holds the Miss Popularity title, after she garnered the most votes in an online poll that ran before the pageant. Miss Africa Golden is a pan-African pageant that supports black originality culture and tourism; strives to make African roots known and diversifies economies.<\/p>\n<p>During a meet and greet session in Gaborone on Thursday, Thanolo said that during her one-year tenure, she would focus on child care and protection, especially in rural areas and try to ensure that all children are able to progress in all areas of life.<\/p>\n<p>She said she would like to venture into more activities in the outside world, covering fashion shows and movies.<\/p>\n<p>Thanolo said the journey was difficult, especially funding and called on private entities and government to support such contests as they continue to fly the Botswana flag high.<\/p>\n<p>She noted that the pageant taught her that \u2018where there is a will, there is always a way\u2019 hence she decided to sponsor this journey, with the help of other Batswana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to thank the nation and my family for voting for me and ensuring that I go through the preliminary rounds of the competition, which enabled me to win the contest eventually,\u201d Thanolo said.<\/p>\n<p>Thanolo is also a founder of TK Model Academy, which focuses on grooming children interested in modelling and pageantry. She was also a face of Gabs July 2022 and had an opportunity to walk for Africa Fashion International Forbes fashion experience in Kasane.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. Dr Thanolo Keautlwile is Miss Africa Golden 2022\/23. The 27-year-old was recently crowned at a colourful ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria. Thanolo, a model and health fitness fanatic, defeated 15 other contestants in the race to emerge the fifth queen at the dazzling grand finale. 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